Skip to main content

Paul and Jimmy's

ca. 1950-2000
Cardboard, ink, staple and striker
Overall: 2 × 2 in. (5.1 × 5.1 cm)
Gift of Joshua Shapiro
2007.6.260
DescriptionBrown cardboard matchbook with reverse striker; "Paul & Jimmy's" in white and brown outline above " 'A Basilica of Restaurants'/Italian cooking of a superlative kind/since 1950." in white on front; "Close Cover Before Striking" in white on footer; "54 Irving Place/(Near 17th St., N.Y.C.)" in white on sleeve; "LEE ADVT. AGENCY, N.Y.C. -- MADE IN CANADA" in white on manumark; "Telephone: 475-9540" in white on saddle; "PRIVATE DINING ROOM/AVAILABLE UPSTAIRS/FOR ALL OCCASIONS/FREE PARKING" in white on reverse.
Paul & Jimmy's
ca. 1960-1980
2007.6.58
Il Monello and Il Nido
ca. 1960-1980
2007.6.40
Negro Life at the South
Eastman Johnson
1859
S-225
Nirvana
ca. 1984-1998
2007.6.266
Shun Lee Dynasty
after 1965
2007.6.50
Mitali
after 1973
2007.6.170
Rogers & Barbero
1983–1993
2007.6.167
C. S. Cole & Co.
1861
1942.313
Marion's Continental
ca. 1960-1980
2007.6.135
Grossinger’s saccharin tablets
Burroughs Wellcome & Co., Inc.
ca. 1950s-1960s
2017.36.11
Raga
ca. 1980-1992
2007.6.275